Motorsport101

Bonus points if any of you spot where the change of transition audio comes from - Dre
A dramatic MotoGP weekend landed at Le Mans, one of the blue ribbon events on the calendar, and it was dominated by two massive stories. On Saturday, Marc Marquez suffered a huge highside at the end of the Sprint, causing him to break a metatarsal in his foot, leading to him missing the Grand Prix, and the Catalonia GP this weekend in Barcelona. It turns out, he was planning to have surgery on said shoulder after Barcelona anyway, and this crash brought that forward. 
On top of what could be the end of Marquez's title defence, we also had Aprilia's first ever podium lockout and the first double win of 2026 - Jorge Martin is a GP winner again for the first time in nearly 600 days. Is he now the favourite for the Championship after beating Marco Bezzecchi at his own game? 
And is Fabio di Giannantonio heading to KTM? All that and more on another M101!

Motorsport101 is back and with it, we start with the sombre news that Alex Zanardi passed away last Friday at the Age of 59. Dre, RJ and Cam pay tribute to the remarkable strength and courage of Alex, a two-time Champ Car Champion, who became a four-time Paralympic Gold Medalist after a life-changing crash at the Lausitzring in 2001. 
Then they review the Miami Grand Prix, as Kimi Antonelli became the first driver in F1 history to convert his first three pole positions into wins, but he faced a stern test from World Champion Lando Norris in a revamped, fast McLaren, with chaos at the start and at the end. A moved GP due to the rain, Max Verstappen spinning at Turn 2 of the opening lap, Pierre Gasly being accidentally punted into the wall, and final lap chaos as Charles Leclerc gets too clever and breaks his own steering arm. As you do. 
But was the racing actually any better now we have new rules? And is Mohammed Ben Sulayem serious about pushing V8's back into F1? We break it down on another Motorsport101!

For a brief moment, Our Bikes was back. 
Dre and Cam are back to sit down and review what was an absolutely chaotic Spanish GP weekend at Jerez. We had a dry-to-wet Sprint Race where Marc Marquez crashed on the transitional period and it actually helped him win in the most bizarre of circumstances. We'll explain how he did and how it actually turned out legal!
All of that for Marc to bin it during the second lap of the actual grand prix, clearing the way for brother Alex to come around full-circle and take back-to-back wins at Jerez. Is there a reason to be concerned for Marc in the long term? Is Ducati back to their best? And when does Marco Bezzecchi's sprints start becoming a problem?
All that and a deep dive into Dorna and the sport's manufacteurs being on the brink of breaking point in a massive new M101 episode!

It's time for another episode of Motorsport101, and Dre and RJ are joined by Frontstretch.com's Christopher DeHarde, with RJ giving us a bonus segment on IMSA's race weekend there too, with Acura winning before the announcement of them leaving the series entirely at the end of the season, while Porsche suffered a monster Balance of Performance hit, and Robert Wickens came oh so close to his first class win.
After that, we discuss IndyCar in a massive three-pronged attack. First of all, the major Qualifying format change as the series moves to one-shot qualifying on Street Tracks, and how Felix Rosenqvist snatched pole. A throwback to F1's V10-era, or something that should be left in the past?
Then, the race itself, that Rosenqvist was dominating all of the first 60 laps, but a debris caution and a superb pitstop from the #10 crew was enough to steal another IndyCar race that Palou had a chance not to win. Whoops.
And finally, the post-race drama or yet another IndyCar push-to-pass scandal as their system failed on the final restart, with 12 cars in breach of the rules, but only Marcus Armstrong and Santino Ferrucci named publicly. Is this another scandal for the series, or a mask for something... weirder?

Welcome to an off-season edition of Motorsport101 - We took a week off in the downtime but now we're back with a special mailbag edition of the show with Dre Harrison and RJ O'Connell.
We take care of some general housekeeping, catching up with Ai Ogura potentially moving to the factory Yamaha squad and leaving Trackhouse, and letting that sink in. All of a sudden, Yamaha has a really solid lineup, better than you'd think for a team that's bottom of the standings. Martin, Ogura, Toprak and maybe Guevara? Spicy. But what does that mean for Trackhouse? And what if Tech3 switches to Honda?
There's a chat about IndyCar changing its Fast 6 Qualifying format to one-shot qualifying despite a rather unsuccessful trial run in Arlington. But then, we answer your questions! Including a Wrestlemania themed Motorsport fight, the death in Motorsport that had the biggest impact, and whose autobiography would we love to read from within the world of Motorsport. Enjoy!